The motorcycle we had reserved, a Harley Davidson Ultra Glide was new, clean and in perfect mechanical condition.

We could see many things, we met lovely people and we realized that we were in the correct tour with the right people: it was very special to be able to have Ernesto and Camilo as guides. With them we got to know places unknown to tourists.

Few things are as inspiring, romantic and adventurous as a journey on a motorbike. A long journey on unknown roads with people who are strange to our lives. What´s more; it is difficult to find something that can top that. That is how one of the richest experiences of my life came to me.

A country, a culture, a history, a person, a group and Cuba, the Cubans, the revolution, Ernestito Guevara, La Poderosa Tours and a trip to the heart and soul of a magical place managed to surprise me.

I spent a week on a Harley Davidson riding through the veins of an island that has kindness, hospitality, revelry and warmth in its blood, and of course, a natural beauty that articulates with the sensitivity of its hard history.

That is what I perceived the first minute I set foot in Havana and I surrendered myself to the team of La Poderosa. Ernesto, at the head of a group of exceptional people, took care of me. The bike that they gave me and the adventure I lived were unforgettable: I went over the city, I crossed the island, going through Matanzas, Cienfuegos, Trinidad and Santa Clara, for example.

The experience of spending hours with my fellow travelers, among meals full of unforgettable anecdotes, meeting people and places like the Mausoleo del Che, are memories that are indelibly engraved in my mind.

I have travelled uncountable routes in Argentina, Europe; the 66 from West to East. I thought I had done everything. Until this dream made everything else seem small; it made my house stretch to Cuba and my family of friends and fellow riders to Havana. Thank you, Ernesto, thanks to all at La Poderosa for this experience on a motorcycle which changed my life.

~ A journey begins with a single step, and this one began a long time ago, when two friends decided to make their dream come true and traveled through America on a Norton 500 so-called La Poderosa. This was the named used by Ernestito Guevara for his ‘Cuba on Harley’ business.

I was invited for his family to be part of this kind of test ride, and I must confess that I was very critic about it, but from the moment I arrived and started riding miles among the beauties of the country, its colonial cities, its warm people and the pleasurable companionship of those who ride the business (children of revolutionaries, family guys, and hilarious characters), I realized the potential of this company.

I traveled thinking of learning more about Che, and I met his son.

Thanks to wheels I keep making friends, and those who may travel to this tropical paradise will discover Camilo, Pipo and Ernesto, who will lead, take care and have fun with you.

These journeys will become a new revolution. ~

Ariel Barrientos.

No te pierdas la oportunidad de vivir una experiencia como ésta. / Don’t miss the opportunity of living this experience.